Unexpected use of template {{16}} - seeTemplate:16 for details.
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Templates{{1}},{{2}},{{3}}, etc. warn readers/editors that atypo exists in the page they are reading/editing. If{{16}} is called, you probably meant the parameter 16 (as {{{16}}} with triple braces), but in fact only double braces were used, invoking {{16}}. In addition to a warning, it also adds pages toCategory:Templates with incorrect parameter syntax. For more information on how template parameters work, seemw:Help:Templates#Parameters.
However, the most problems have been caused by omitting the first brace "{" of a parameter and getting {{16}}}, as invoking Template:16 +"}" rather than parameter 16. This can be an insidious problem, especially when the transclusion of Template:16 is hidden, so that the effect is invisible to the person editing a page. For that reason, Template:16 now issues a warning to the user.
With that warning, the prior invisible access to Template:16 can now be understood to be a formerly unseen problem coded within a page.
Periodically, people checkwhat-links-here to see if anyone has accidentally invoked Template:16.